JACK COLBACK believes the arrival of Steven Fletcher will make all the difference for Sunderland this season.

The Black Cats struggled to score goals last term, but £12m summer signing Fletcher has wasted no time in getting to work, his goal at West Ham at the weekend taking his tally to four in his first three Premier League games for the club.

Fletcher has scored all Sunderland’s league goals so far, but Colback believes his teammates must start sharing the load.

The 22-year-old midfielder said: “Steven has been brilliant for us so far and it is great to be playing in a side with a natural goalscorer.

“It makes a difference to the rest of the team when they know there is someone ahead of them who is likely to put away the chances created for him, but we know we have to look at getting goals from more players than just him.

“There are goals in the side from other positions, I don’t think that is a worry, it is just the way it has fallen in that no-one has chipped in so far.

“It is unusual it has not happened yet but it will and it is something we will look at.”

Fletcher put Sunderland ahead in the ninth minute at Upton Park and as the game went into injury-time it looked like his strike would be enough to earn the Wearsiders their first league win of the season.

However, Kevin Nolan hit a deserved leveller for the Hammers in stoppage time to make it four draws out of four for the Black Cats.

Colback added: “West Ham had a lot of the play but I thought we defended very well.

“To lose the lead so late on was really tough to take

“They are a big, physical team who made it difficult for us but I thought we coped well with pretty much everything they threw at us.

“So to concede so late on, well, it felt more like a defeat than a draw.

“The last 15 minutes felt like forever but just as we thought we were over the line the win was taken away from us.”